Tech Life

The darker side of streaming

09 Dec 2025

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Twitch streamer QTCinderella talks about the unwelcome attention she receives in real life. Shiona McCallum reports on robotics for offshore wind farm...

The secret ways AI is used to write hit songs

02 Dec 2025

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We’re all about AI today. As AI-generated music tops US charts, a musician explains how he uses AI in the songwriting process. A fashion house expla...

Should we allow AI into the classroom ?

25 Nov 2025

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Does AI have a role in education ? Some private schools in the United States are swapping traditional teacher-led classroom lessons for laptops and pe...

Living the digital nomad life

18 Nov 2025

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We look at how tech and visas have freed some employees from their desktops, allowing them to continue their work from other parts of the world. They'...

The King and AI

11 Nov 2025

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Seven pioneers of artificial intelligence gathered at St James's Palace to receive the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, presented by King Charle...

Digital parenting

04 Nov 2025

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We look at a particular use of tech in family life - using trackers to know where your children are, or your partner, or other relatives. What are the...

Web-scraping bots

28 Oct 2025

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We look at the impact data-scraping robots from AI firms are having on the online encyclopedia used by hundreds of millions of people. Also in this ed...

Red lines for AI

21 Oct 2025

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More than 200 prominent individuals and 70 organisations want international agreement on 'do not cross' red lines for artificial intelligence, to prev...

Drones with Tasers

14 Oct 2025

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We speak to the founder and CEO of Axon Enterprise, maker of the Taser, about the tech's future. And the future includes drones armed with Tasers.Also...

Class action

07 Oct 2025

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A class action lawsuit is underway in Italy against Meta and TikTok. Lawyers say they want to protect younger children from social media harm. We look...

Pinterest boss on online safety

30 Sep 2025

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An exclusive interview with Bill Ready, boss of social media platform Pinterest. Plus – what is actually stolen in a cyber-attack, the end of dial-u...

Can we trust AI in health?

23 Sep 2025

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We hear from experts on the pros and cons of using AI in the healthcare world. Plus ex-Minecraft YouTuber Stampy, AKA Joseph Garrett, on turning to ga...

Keeping connected

16 Sep 2025

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This week we're talking about connectivity. How to keep the internet running when international data cables are damaged by earthquakes or war. And are...

Sailing into stormy seas

09 Sep 2025

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A fleet of small robotic sailboats, packed with sensors, are ready to sail into the path of storms, to gather data on developing hurricanes. We find o...

Talking translation

02 Sep 2025

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We test the AI tech that offers live language translation on the telephone. India bans online money games. And AI in the workplace - a global study lo...

What happens when you lose your social media?

26 Aug 2025

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For months, we have been hearing from people all over the world who say they have been unfairly banned from their Facebook and Instagram accounts. Met...

Tech and performance at the Edinburgh Festivals

19 Aug 2025

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A special from Edinburgh, where art and performance meet tech with spectacular results. Including a magician with robot assistants, an AI improv group...

Dealing with cyber attacks

12 Aug 2025

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Singapore is experiencing an increase in cyber threats, and its critical infrastructure was targeted in a cyber attack. We speak to the country's Comm...

What happened to DeepSeek?

05 Aug 2025

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China’s DeepSeek took the AI world by storm this year. Where is it now? Plus the AI doomsday scenario capturing the imagination of the tech world. H...

Your AI servant

29 Jul 2025

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Imagine a world in which AI servants are at your beck and call. They work for you, shop for you, book your travel and help organise your family life. ...

Can sewage make tech cleaner ?

22 Jul 2025

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Thousands of tonnes of excess sewage, manure, food waste and paper sludge are being pumped hundreds of meters underground in the USA, where it will st...

Quantum question time

15 Jul 2025

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We step inside a quantum computer lab to answer your questions about technology that promises to revolutionise everything from particle physics to fer...

AIs on the road

08 Jul 2025

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This week on Tech Life, we speak to the company behind an AI safe driving device that's fitted to thousands of delivery vans and fleet vehicles around...

The future of the internet is up for debate

01 Jul 2025

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The way the internet will operate in the future is being discussed at the moment. Will it remain as it is now, or could governments become more involv...

Digital twin cities

24 Jun 2025

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What are the advantages of creating a digital mirror of a city – or an entire island? We speak to a company making digital twins to create simulatio...

Tackling illegal mining with tech

17 Jun 2025

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This week on Tech Life, we're looking at the problems caused by illegal gold mining in Ghana. We'll hear how drones, AI and GPS trackers are being use...

China's booming EV industry

10 Jun 2025

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We hear from inside China on the remarkably fast electric vehicle transition going on there, as the country moves away from petrol and diesel-powered ...

Data and me

03 Jun 2025

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What happens when a company we trust with our most personal data gets into financial trouble ? We hear from a woman who trusted a US company with her ...

The digital afterlife business

27 May 2025

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This week we're looking at a growing digital industry which allows people to interact - in a way - with the likeness or the voice of someone they care...

Protecting your invention

20 May 2025

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This week we're learning about patents - what they are, and who wants one. And by analysing the global demand for patents, we can see future trends i...

The impact of online abuse

13 May 2025

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An international study looks at the online experiences of young people from marginalised groups, including sex workers, gay and transgender people, an...

What you don’t see

06 May 2025

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Luckily much of what we see on social media is safe. But somewhere, somebody has to watch all the horrific content uploaded online in order to filter ...

Weighing the world's forests

29 Apr 2025

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A groundbreaking space mission will help scientists peer through dense jungle canopy to measure the difference the world's forests are making to clima...

Talking dolphin

22 Apr 2025

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Do dolphins have their own language ? And could we 'speak' to them ? An AI large language model from Google, called DolphinGemma, is helping experts s...

AI discrimination

15 Apr 2025

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This week we're looking at artificial intelligence and how it can discriminate against us, affecting our chances of getting work or being approved for...

Beyond the tip of the iceberg

08 Apr 2025

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Tech Life looks at icebergs. Climate change means there are more of them in our oceans, breaking away and slowly melting. Scientists need to study the...

Jamming and spoofing

01 Apr 2025

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Tech Life looks at satellite navigation and the increase in cases of signal interference. How could this affect shipping and aviation safety, and what...

Living life with a mind-reading chip

25 Mar 2025

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What is it like to live with a computer chip in your brain ? Noland Arbaugh became the first person to receive a device from Elon Musk's neurotechnolo...

Archiving achievement

18 Mar 2025

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A former US Air Force engineer found articles about her were removed from the internet, on US government instructions. She tells us why she wants to a...

Surviving digital banking outages

11 Mar 2025

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This week on Tech Life, we ask why online banking and payment outages happen, and find out what you can do to protect your data and money.The first Sa...

The doctor will see you now

04 Mar 2025

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Live trials are under way in Ghana of holoportation 3D telemedicine tech. It allows a patient in a remote location to connect to a doctor many miles a...

Could AI pick the next James Bond?

25 Feb 2025

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With Amazon now in charge of James Bond, how will they use data to shape the franchise. We speak to a company which analyses scripts using AI and sugg...

Human life under the oceans

18 Feb 2025

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Planet Earth's oceans remain relatively unexplored. Now one company has a bold plan to build habitats for humans to live and work underwater for long ...

Decoding the brain

11 Feb 2025

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Artificial intelligence can pick out the words we're typing from analysis of our brainwaves. Could it give a voice to those who can't speak because of...

China's AI world

04 Feb 2025

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As DeepSeek shocked the world, we speak to an AI expert who worked at a Chinese AI firm. We hear about a new battery exchange system for EVs in Addis ...

Not as dead as a dodo?

28 Jan 2025

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It sounds like a Hollywood movie - bringing extinct animals like the dodo back to life - but a company has attracted hundreds of millions of dollars o...

VPNs and India

21 Jan 2025

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In this edition we're trying to find out why some popular security and privacy services - known as VPNs - are disappearing from app stores in India.Al...

Trust and verify

14 Jan 2025

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In this edition we discuss ways of checking facts on social media. This is after Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook and Instagram will chang...

A glimpse into the future of tech

07 Jan 2025

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Tech Life is at CES in Las Vegas, one of the world’s biggest consumer tech shows. We hunt for some of the event’s weirdest tech, and speak to the ...

Tech Life looks forward to 2025

31 Dec 2024

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Want to know what’s in store for the tech world in 2025? Tech Life has got you covered. From AI to cybersecurity, gaming and crypto and beyond, we b...

Tech Life's look back at the year

24 Dec 2024

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From the innovations that flourished to those that flopped, from providing virtual boyfriends to taking very real jobs, we look back an another fascin...

Does the robotaxi have a future?

17 Dec 2024

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One of the world’s biggest car manufacturers pulled the plug on its robotaxi project. So what next? We also ask the experts how AI will impact your ...

Cyber warfare

10 Dec 2024

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We speak to cyber security experts about how cyber warfare works – and how it stays out of the headlines. Then we hear about the aerodynamics tech m...

How green is AI?

03 Dec 2024

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Computer scientist Sasha Luccioni is a pioneering voice in AI, especially when it comes to its environmental impact. We speak to her as she is announc...

Tiger trackers used to spy on women

26 Nov 2024

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Women in a forest in India found they were being followed and recorded by cameras which were meant to be for monitoring tigers and other wildlife. We ...

Donald Trump’s robodogs

19 Nov 2024

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Robot security dogs have been spotted at Mar-A-Lago, the Florida home of US president-elect Donald Trump. Who are behind them, and what security servi...

The dangerous job of online moderating

12 Nov 2024

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We hear from a former moderator in Kenya who was left traumatised by his previous job. And we ask what video games could do to be more accessible to b...

Is this show fake?

05 Nov 2024

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Tech Life created a fake podcast using a new AI tool from Google Labs, and we spoke to the head of the tool, Steven Johnson. Don’t worry – this pr...

The fall of a global chip maker

29 Oct 2024

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Intel was once unrivalled as the world's chip maker. Now it has fallen behind its rivals. We hear why the company is struggling ahead of its latest ea...

Do you use artificial intelligence at work ?

22 Oct 2024

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This week we're looking at artificial intelligence in the workplace - how are employers and employees using it ? An international survey provides some...

The minerals tech can't do without

15 Oct 2024

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Does the tech you use depend too much on a few critical minerals ? When a hurricane temporarily disrupted mining in the small town of Spruce Pine, th...

Big data and femtech

08 Oct 2024

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Tech Life is looking at big data - and how important it is to healthcare. Specifically, how it can help women's health. A femtech company in the Unite...

The big business of online charity donations

01 Oct 2024

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How does a company make profit in the charity fundraising space? We speak to Tim Cadogan, CEO of online fundraising platform GoFundMe. We hear about t...

Will AI replace call centre workers?

24 Sep 2024

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It’s the ongoing question about AI – will it replace jobs or create new ones? We look at the argument from the point of view of call centre worker...

Online maps

17 Sep 2024

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Online mapping - we find out how it can help humanitarian work around the world. Alasdair Keane tries on virtual reality goggles that are teaching stu...

X in Brazil

10 Sep 2024

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Tech Life speaks to some keen users of X in Brazil. What do they think of the ban imposed on the platform that was previously known as Twitter ? Have ...

When civil war breaks out

03 Sep 2024

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We get a first-hand insight into how the war in Sudan has affected tech workers and companies there. Also on Tech Life:Old unwanted fishing nets are a...

The voice cloning lawsuit

27 Aug 2024

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We hear from two voice over artists, based in New York City, who have filed a lawsuit against an AI company they claim stole their voices.Also on Tech...

Artificial intelligence helps doctors detect lung cancer

20 Aug 2024

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An artificial intelligence tool is helping to detect chest issues, which could indicate lung cancer, in a matter of seconds. It's now in use in forty ...

The Olympic esports games and Saudi Arabia

13 Aug 2024

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We take a look at a recent announcement from the International Olympic Committee that the inaugural Olympic esports games will be hosted in Saudi Arab...

Turning the tables on online romance scammers

06 Aug 2024

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It's called Pig Butchering - a cruel romance scam which has victims around the world. The BBC's Cyber correspondent, Joe Tidy, was targeted online. He...

When the power goes

30 Jul 2024

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How do we cope when the tech we rely on stops working? This week we look at different types of blackouts . We explore the Bangladesh internet shutdown...

Turning the racetrack electric

23 Jul 2024

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Alasdair Keane is at the season finale of the Formula E, taking a look at how the tech has advanced over 10 years. We hear from the co-founder of the ...

Tech at the Olympics

16 Jul 2024

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Ahead of the Olympics in Paris, we look at tech in sport. How is it used by athletes to improve their performance? And how is it used to deliver the s...

Tech that refuses to die

09 Jul 2024

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As Japan axes the use of floppy discs for official government business, presenter Chris Vallance looks at other old tech that's still in use. From mag...

If we could talk to the animals

02 Jul 2024

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We hear from Peter Gabriel, who is endorsing a competition to find a way of decoding animal communications using AI and then talk back to them. We get...

Detecting cancer using artificial intelligence

25 Jun 2024

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Experts develop a new blood test that could change the way suspected cases of bowel cancer are managed. At the heart of it is A.I. analysis to calcula...

Bionic arms and robotic thumbs

18 Jun 2024

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Presenter Shiona McCallum is joined by technology reporter Paul Carter to look at some of the latest developments in artificial limb tech. Paul talks ...

Helping our animal friends

11 Jun 2024

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Lab testing of animals is often used to study diseases, or assess the safety of new drugs or substances before they are trialled on humans. Could A.I....

Dating a chatbot

04 Jun 2024

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What is it like to have an AI boyfriend? We hear about women in China who prefer to date a chatbot over a real person. How can tech be used to unlock ...

Being watched

28 May 2024

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There are words of warning about facial recognition, biometrics and artificial intelligence - technologies increasingly being adopted by law enforceme...

Tackling online abuse of athletes

21 May 2024

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Ahead of the Paris Olympics, Alasdair Keane hears how the organisation behind the event is enlisting an AI platform to tackle online abuse aimed at at...

Help for cancer patients

14 May 2024

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Blood tests are part of the process of receiving cancer treatment. But they can be time-consuming and require visits to hospital. A new blood test mac...

The mammoth ivory problem

07 May 2024

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Customs officers looking for illegally traded elephant ivory face a challenge, because ivory taken from the remains of mammoths is legal. Telling the ...

TikTok world

30 Apr 2024

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This week we're taking a global look at TikTok, and some of the problems the video sharing platform has been facing. Also on Tech Life, you want to ke...

Humanoid robots

23 Apr 2024

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We're looking at humanoid robots - the ones that look like us. They have arms and legs. But are they really that practical and useful ? And how might ...

Fixing undersea cables

16 Apr 2024

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We dive the ocean depths to find out how you fix undersea cables that keep us online. Also this week, the documentary that's programmed to have fifty ...

Space junk

09 Apr 2024

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This week on Tech Life we are looking at the problem of space junk, the man-made debris hurtling around our planet. Could it threaten some of the ever...

Predicting the future of tech

02 Apr 2024

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The internet plays an important role in most of our lives today. What will it, and other tech, look like in the future ? We take a long view with a ve...

Charging electric bikes and scooters

26 Mar 2024

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Electric bikes and scooters are popular. But charging them can be inconvenient, and occasionally risky. We look at various approaches to charging batt...

Tech Life meets Spot the robot

19 Mar 2024

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There are hundreds of former nuclear reactors around the world, which are harmful for those trying to decommission them. That's where a four legged ro...

Mobile phones

12 Mar 2024

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What do you look for when buying a mobile phone? And what do you do with your old phone? Have you thought about trading it in and recycling? Your need...

Exploring space

05 Mar 2024

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Zoe Kleinman visits a satellite earth station from the era of the first moon landings, and a spaceport developing horizontal rocket launches. Find out...

Tech Life in Barcelona

27 Feb 2024

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MWC in Barcelona is a big global mobile phone industry event. Shiona McCallum is there for Tech Life, looking out for new tech and innovations which c...

Detecting audio deepfakes

20 Feb 2024

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Voice cloning is becoming so sophisticated that even live phone calls can be generated by machine. Is it possible to protect yourself ? Mouthguard tec...

Tracking giraffes

13 Feb 2024

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What connects the Chinese government, giraffes in Namibia, and tech ? We bring you the strange tale of how one social media message went viral. Also i...

Health Tech

06 Feb 2024

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We're looking at health tech. Our reporter gets hands-on with a new ultrasound system in Kenya helping to keep mothers healthy during pregnancy. And t...

Rescue Tech

30 Jan 2024

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Sonar and AI have been brought together in a hand-held device that can find humans underwater. We speak to its inventor and an underwater search team ...

The world of VPNs

23 Jan 2024

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Tech Life does a deep dive into Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs. We find out the countries where they are most in demand. Also in this edition, we l...

Technology and mental health

16 Jan 2024

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Technology can pose dangers to our mental health - cyberbullying, social media addiction and disinformation. But can tech help our mental wellbeing ? ...